The Walking Dead Girls

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All Rise...

Judge Paul Pritchard would eat your brains, but they'd only aggravate his IBS.

The Charge

We Will Eat Your Brains!

The Case

The Walking Dead Girls is made up of interviews with famous names from
zombie cinema, as well as a number of "zimbies." For the uninitiated,
zimbies are zombie bimbos; a slightly odd subculture that sees attractive young
women zombified for sexy photo shoots. Beginning with the man who arguably
shaped most people's perception of zombies, George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead), The
Walking Dead Girls asks what it is that fascinates us with the living
dead.

Along the way, we are treated to interviews with famous names from horror
including Bruce Campbell (The Evil
Dead), The Ladies of the Evil Dead, and Lloyd Kaufman (President of Troma).
Unfortunately, though each of the interviewees is charismatic—Campbell and
Kaufman in particular—the interviews are far too short and lacking in
depth. The questions are often so aimless ("What is the best movie to take
a stripper to?" being a good example) that it isn't hard to imagine this
DVD raising the ire of hardcore horror lovers. I mean, who cares what George A.
Romero's favorite food is? How about you just let the man discuss his movies? At
least he cares about the subtexts to his work; the creators of this DVD sure as
hell don't seem to. We get snapshots of how zombies have become so commonplace
in modern pop culture, with references to shows like The Walking Dead and gatherings like
Zombie-Con. These are only touched on with no real insight offered—and
this is where The Walking Dead Girls ultimately falls down. Had it
focused solely on the "Zimbies," we would have at least had a focused
documentary—albeit one with an extremely small niche to aim for. Instead,
with its insistence on delving (however shallowly) into zombie culture in a
broader way, it's impossible to walk away from The Walking Dead Girls
feeling fulfilled.

In stark contrast to the interviews with Romero and Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead),
the interviews with the zimbies feel rather contrived. Part of this may be down
to some of the tedious questions asked, which includes "Vampires or
Zombies?" and "Fast or Slow Moving Zombies?" While we get a lot
of talk about the appearance of the zombies, none of them seem to care much for
the social allegories which were so prevalent in Romero's movies. I've nothing
against any of the ladies interviewed, they all seem nice enough and one or two
clearly have great things in front of them, but I'd seriously question how many
of them have seen more than Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead remake.

Picture quality is poor, with a soft image and both colors and small details
suffering as a consequence. Audio is uneven in places, with the volume altering
from shot to shot. There are no extras included in the DVD.